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Wed, December 1, 2021 | 06:49

Sudan's revolution

It's moving fast now. For three months the protesters in Khartoum got nowhere with their demand that “the people want the fall of the regime,” but recently they moved their protest to the real center of power in Sudan, army headquarters.

2019-04-22 16:59

Gwangju Massacre and war on truth

For almost 39 years, opposing partisan factions have bickered over every aspect of the May 18, 1980, Gwangju Democratic Uprising, also known as the Gwangju Massacre for the deadly military suppression of civilian protesters, and sometimes called 5.18 for short.

2019-04-21 17:34

US-EU tariffs

The European Council formally decided, April 15, to reopen trade talks with the United States to try to reach a new transatlantic deal.

2019-04-19 17:15

Appropriate technology energy solutions: When small is beautiful

Energy is so fundamental to the functioning of modern states that it tends to be developed and delivered on a grand scale, at great cost to people, companies and governments. This is news to nobody. In addition to their monthly household energy bills, which in Korea can be alarmingly high, taxpayers in most countries pay a huge indirect amount towards energy in that their tax...

2019-04-17 17:18

Libya: Haftar's last throw?

With Khalifa Haftar's forces stalled outside the capital, Tripoli, the eight-year shambles in Libya is approaching a climax. It is not clear yet which side is going to win, but at least the dozens of rival militias are now lined up on two recognizable sides. Haftar does have the gift of bringing clarity to a situation.

2019-04-16 16:47

Conditions for redenomination

On March 25, Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol stated in an interview arranged by the National Assembly, “Our research team has carefully reviewed the effects of currency redenomination and concluded that its net benefit is sufficiently large. So we may start openly discussing its implementation.”

2019-04-15 18:15

Immigrant problem

In a recent survey of potential adult migrants worldwide, 47 million said they would most like to move to Canada. There are only 37 million people in Canada. The case is similar for Australia: 36 million would like to move there; only 25 million do live there. Most of these would-be immigrants are going to be disappointed. In fact, Canada lets in just 300,000 immigrants a yea...

2019-04-10 17:30

Essential Korean spirit

Recently a lady remarked to me that she hoped the nation would return to the essential Korean spirit. Of course I immediately asked her what that spirit was. She was not sure and we agreed to think about it and she would get back to me. To me it was something that was worth thinking about.

2019-04-08 17:32

Understanding China's perspective on trade war

Some argue that U.S. tariffs will force China to make large concessions on trade. But there is a risk that the growing pressure will make Beijing less, not more, likely to compromise on key issues.

2019-04-07 17:05

NATO and Trump

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was buoyed on Wednesday by bipartisan U.S. support for his joint address in Congress. Legislators gave several standing ovations in a pointed rebuke to Donald Trump who threatened last year to pull out of the military alliance.

2019-04-05 17:42

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